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- thetzfreak, on 03/15/2008, -18/+421It's pretty funny. Why would they ban this?
- etgoboom, on 03/15/2008, -5/+297HOLY *****, that was unexpected, do not use headphones
- Cryptocracy, on 08/17/2008, -7/+278I just got a craving for something spicy hot. This ad is too effective.
- Culled, on 03/15/2008, -3/+245Because it's a marketing stunt. They say this is secret and nobody can look at it and then everyone goes "wow I saw something I wasn't supposed to see I must show it to all my friends"
- MikeonTV, on 03/15/2008, -15/+244The explosion had nothing to do with spice. It was the chemical preservatives that are in all Wendy's food finally reacting to years of the fat man not caring for his body. That said, the burger is still pretty damned hot!
- trunkster, on 03/15/2008, -7/+217Because.... this is what happened to Dave... :(
- emcc24, on 03/15/2008, -3/+195After seeing this commercial, President Bush raised the Homeland Security threat level to "Orange."
- brad3378, on 03/15/2008, -4/+196Burger Terrorists?
- dinostabOMG, on 03/15/2008, -2/+154So that you watch it on youtube instead of ignore it on television?
- cmyk, on 03/15/2008, -5/+152It was Tali-Banned.
- wavesmachine, on 03/15/2008, -6/+120Oh Al Quaeda is gonna love this...
- MacSuxWindozSux, on 03/15/2008, -2/+110Its a viral marketing ad.
They paid a firm to post it to youtube, and submit it to sites like Digg, facebook, etc. - WebmastuhB, on 03/15/2008, -2/+109I wonder if the commercial was really banned, or if someone said "OOoooh. Lets make a funny commercial, never show it on tv, put it on YouTube, and watch it grow virally."
- Flashtone, on 03/15/2008, -15/+96After this commercial
"I'm thinking Arbys" - shaitanx, on 03/15/2008, -3/+80Misleading title.. The commercial was not banned, it was simply not accepted.
- mchugh22, on 03/15/2008, -4/+72In other news Wendy's sales' triple in Iraq.
- samadam, on 03/15/2008, -3/+63Come on people. The commercial wasn't banned by Wendy's. It's a viral ad. If you can't recognize that this far into the internet, maybe you haven't been paying attention enough. If Wendy's was going to ban the commercial they would have stopped it before it was finished with full CG and all. They would have stopped it right after the script was written.
- inactive, on 03/15/2008, -4/+49Better than any Wendy's commercial I have seen
- Koush, on 03/15/2008, -29/+72Doctor: "oh i'm sorry, that was a grenade."
- danthegrant, on 03/15/2008, -7/+47perhaps because it involved a brown-skinned man with a foreign accent and a person exploding? it would probably be upsetting to some moron out there
- TheTaoOfBill, on 03/15/2008, -7/+45EXCLAMATION POINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 3drage, on 03/15/2008, -4/+39American TV is way too sterilized for it to be interesting.
- debuggercll, on 03/15/2008, -2/+35I'm HIV positive that way funny.
- perfectprint, on 03/15/2008, -2/+33banned??? more like rejected. "As you may or may not know, I used to write advertising for Wendy's. They told my agency that they didn't want anyone to see this commercial." yeah, because it shows someone eating their product and then blowing up.
- DavidinBoston, on 03/15/2008, -1/+31BINGO !!!
- directive0, on 03/15/2008, -0/+28Wow. This banned ad has changed my mind about buying a Wendys Four Alarm Spicy Chicken Sandwhich®. The fact that I saw this on the Internet presumably "unintentionally" presents it in a way that feels "edgy" and "hip", and totally checks my pre-to-post teen cynicism. I could probably even Email this webclip to my friends and family to let them in on the joke.
- Goodbyeworld, on 03/15/2008, -2/+27HAHAHAHA DAMN, I GOT RICKROLLED! you are so clever, because I have never seen that one before. Ever. In my WHOLE LIFE
- debuggercll, on 03/15/2008, -1/+26Three people dead after grenade eating contest goes awry.
- unicronband, on 03/15/2008, -3/+27They hate us for our Freedom Fries.
- MattyLite, on 03/15/2008, -6/+27. . . why was it banned? Because Wendy's "Spicy" sandwiches are NEVER actually spicy?
- Exekutor, on 03/15/2008, -2/+22uuiU?
- sterntastic223, on 03/15/2008, -1/+21That or the guy on youtube is full of *****
- Simply_J, on 03/15/2008, -1/+18Banned for saying eating Wendy's will kill you. Truth in advertising?
- mjl5629, on 03/15/2008, -1/+18and the crowd goes mild...
- phishinphree, on 03/15/2008, -6/+21I logged in for the first time in months to bury this. When will people realize that advertising companies are using digg and other sites to get people to view AND pay attention to their ads? Eat it up guys.
- andburn1, on 03/15/2008, -4/+17Indians are peace loving people is just as offensive as black people are violent. Generalizations are wrong, positive or negative. Not to mention stupid.
- GrammarNazi3000, on 03/15/2008, -1/+14kill yourself with fire
- pencilneck, on 03/15/2008, -1/+14You get a cookie! I'm thinking the same thing... and I have a cookie.
- mirrorguy, on 03/15/2008, -1/+14I wish they would teach about timezones in school. Although you are probably too young to understand.
- Afrotronics, on 03/15/2008, -2/+15Preservatives? As a former Wenchy's...er' um Wendy's employee I can guarantee you there are not many foods they offer that are high in anything that's considered REALLY unnatural.
We seriously get all of the veggies and hand cut them and wash them by hand (with the exception of onions for pretty obvious reasons). So each leaf of lettuce you eat, salads included, come from a full head of lettuce. It is hand cut, and each friggin leaf is washed by our god forsaken bitch hands. The buns we use are usually made the day before we use them.
The baked potatoes are regular ass potatoes cooked for about an hour or so in the oven. We usually serve the potates stright from the oven. The fries are pretty much just jullian cut potatoes (though there is a coating on them that prevents them from becoming mushy from being froze).
The beef is regular square beef patties that is cooked as you order your burger. The chili meet is kind of shady (it's the meat we burned of f*cked up on the grill the day before, frozen in the freezer, and then boiled the next day).
Though you do have a point with the chicken. I have no clue what is caked on that.
Oh yeah and the dipping sauces (not the stuff put on sandwiches) are probably the worst thing for you because those DO contain lots of preservatives, but what do expect considering some of them contain dairy products and are stored at room temperature. - daRoach, on 03/15/2008, -3/+15Yeah I call shenanigans on "banned". I remember seeing this on TV around Christmas.
- engmar, on 03/15/2008, -4/+16"Why would they ban this?" They wouldn't. This is ***** viral marketing SPAM.
- andburn1, on 03/15/2008, -2/+13Three people dead after grenade eating contest goes exactly as planned.
- loroleg, on 03/15/2008, -0/+11By saying an advert has been banned it makes people want to see it.
Viral marketing at work as usual. - inactive, on 03/15/2008, -3/+14Because it's the quickest way to 72 virgins and an afterlife of bliss?
- andburn1, on 03/15/2008, -0/+11Banned? What the *****, the story title and the video title are TOTALLY misleading. Even if we take this guy at his word, the commercial was merely rejected. Banned sounds like someone censored it - they could have rejected it for a lot of reasons. But it does call to mind quite quickly the mass of suicide bombings going on lately, so I don't blame them for not airing it.
- captZEEbo, on 03/15/2008, -1/+12it's not banned, it just wasn't chosen. Misleading titles on digg are annoying.
- mike23w, on 03/15/2008, -1/+12Fake viral marketing. I don't trust Dave Thomas or Wendy's anymore:(
- JDoorjam, on 03/15/2008, -1/+11Buried. This is viral marketing, people. You (and I) were just taken for a ride by the marketing people at Wendy's.
It's a funny commercial, but this "banned" thing is just an attempt to get people to watch it without paying for the media time. Looks like it's working. - oojamaflip2006, on 03/15/2008, -4/+14Would have been funnier if he'd turned around and his ***** was on fire
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